How empathy skills can change nursing.
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Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. G. (2014)
How empathy skills can change nursing. Nursing Standard, 29, 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.11.24.s28
Empathetic understanding could be the basis of a revolution in nurse education and practice, freeing nurses from a reliance on stereotypical labels that mask the complex reali...
Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education
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Kyle, R. G., & Atherton, I. M. (2016)
Biogeography as critical nursing pedagogy: Breathing life into nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 20, 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.07.006
Insights from the social sciences, including geography, sociology, and anthropology, have long been incorporated into pre-registration nursing programmes. However, scholars ha...
Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations.
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Leung, J., McLaughlin, D., Woods, L. M., Henderson, R., Watson, A., Kyle, R. G., …MacLeod, C. (2015)
Screening mammography uptake within Australia and Scotland in rural and urban populations. Preventive medicine reports, 2, 559-562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.06.014
Objective. To test the hypothesis that rural populations had lower uptake of screening mammography than urban populations in the Scottish and Australian setting.
Method. Scott...
33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish health survey.
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Leung, J., Hubbard, G., Kyle, R., McLaughlin, D., Mullen, R., & Atherton, I. (2015)
33. Positive mental health in women living with breast cancer across geographic locations of residence: a data linkage study using the Scottish health survey. European journal of surgical oncology, 41(6), S27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2015.03.034
Aims: Breast cancer campaigns and support groups emphasize the importance for breast cancer patients to stay positive. However, existing research on mental well-being of breas...
Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education
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Lasater, K., Kyle, R. G., & Atherton, I. M. (2019)
Zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education. Collegian, 26(5), 511-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.09.007
In this Editorial, we argue that zooming out to prioritise population health in nurse education can: (1) Redefine population health as praxis; (2) Reposition nursing as a sign...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey
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Kyle, R. G., Neall, R. A., & Atherton, I. (2016)
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.015
Background
Increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity represents a global pandemic. As the largest occupational group in international healthcare systems nurses are at t...
By reaching out we can change worlds
Journal Article
Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2015)
By reaching out we can change worlds. Nursing Standard, 29(19), 22-23. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.19.22.s25
The Ebola epidemic has forced many nurses to face the limits of their power to help. But our feelings of empathy can be used to spark more local engagement with the people we ...
Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey.
Journal Article
Leung, J., Atherton, I., Kyle, R. G., Hubbard, G., & McLaughlin, D. (2016)
Psychological distress, optimism and general health in breast cancer survivors: a data linkage study using the Scottish Health Survey. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 24(4), 1755-1761. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-015-2968-2
Purpose
The aim of this study is to examine the association between optimism and psychological distress in women with breast cancer after taking into account their self-rated ...
Habitat and health: why place matters.
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Atherton, I., & Kyle, R. (2014)
Habitat and health: why place matters. Nursing Standard, 29(3), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.29.3.24.s27
Each of us is shaped by the places we spend our lives in. Thinking about your patients in their geographical context – their biogeography – can enable more holistic care
Health-related behaviors of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey
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Schneider, A., Bak, M., Mahoney, C., Hoyle, L., Ba, K., Atherton, I. M., & Kyle, R. G. (2019)
Health-related behaviors of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(6), 1239-1251. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13926
Aims: To estimate the prevalence and co-occurrence of health-related behaviours among nurses in Scotland relative to other healthcare workers and those in non-healthcare occup...